https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/elliott-ash/Elliott AshHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/ideas-have-consequences-the-impact-of-law-and-economics-on-american-justice/https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/ideas-have-consequences-the-impact-of-law-and-economics-on-american-justice/<p>This paper quantifies the effect of the Manne Economics Institute for Federal Judges — an intensive two-week economics training program run by the Law and Economics Center from 1976 to 1998 — on the decision-making of U.S. federal judges. The research question is whether exposure to a coherent set of economic ideas can directly shift the policy decisions of sitting policymakers, as distinct from effects operating through partisan affiliation or formal legal rules.</p>